Samuel harden



@1t-irri: gratins` getraut. @Hirn SAMUEL MARDEN, 0 F NEWT() N,MASSACHUSETTS.'

Lettere Patent Ne. 72,655, elated December 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN NAIL-DRAWER.

Be it known that I, SAMUEL MARDEN, of Newton, in the State ofMassachusetts,vha.ve invented a'new and improved Instrument for DrawingNails and forpotherpurposes, of `which the following, with theaccompanying drawings, is a full description.

Figure 1 is a. side elevation.

Figure 2 is a`vertical section of the same. l

The instrument produeedhy my invention is peculiarly adapted for drawingout nails that are without heads, and that have been lburied in thewood, while, at the same time, it is simple, cheaper, and fur moreeffective in circumstances permitting the use of other instruments'.

Its construction is as follows.: The part containing the jaws' and cam,and terminating in thehandle, isv made of cast or malleable iron. Thehandle is solid, whilst the shorter arm of the lever is verticallypierced to admit the stationary jaw a, fixed by the nutx, and themovable jaw b, hung on the pivot e, together with the cam c, suspendedon the pivot n. The jaws serrated on their lower inner edge for securelyholding the nail, and the cam, are made of cast steel, and the pivots ofsteel wiret The spring g keeps the jaws apart, and the rod y the camY inposition when'not in use. The metals stated I think preferable, and,also, theta hammer combined withthe drawer would be animprovem'ent.Thejws, having been placed about the nail, and by pounding on the nut x,sufficiently inserted below it, anda downward pressure applied to thehandle, the can: c acts as a Fulcrum to the lever d, and -as a lever tothe movable jaw b, firmly holding the nail inthe jaws till the pressureupon the fulcrum has ceased, by the withdrawal of the nail.A I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- A cam, c, acting as a. fulcrum to a lever, d, and as a lever toajaw,b, substantially as described.

A v SAM'L MARDEN. Witnesses: G. A. Hrr'cncocx, E. A. S. MABDEN,

